| Summary: | MORE THAN BOOKS All About Apps Zoom: The popular video conferencing program is available on mobile devices. Join or host a Zoom meeting on the go from your smart phone or tablet, with all the functionality of the desktop program. You can schedule a meeting, chat, and even share your screen from your mobile device. Available from the App Store and Google Play. Door Dash: Order food from your favorite local restaurants for pickup or delivery. You can browse by type of food, rating, price, or popularity. Door Dash is a great way to get the food you want fast from the comfort of your own home. Available from the App Store and Google Play. Slack: This productivity chat program is designed for effective teamwork. Instant message co-workers, create channels for group projects and committees, share images, status updates, emojis, announcements, and more on mobile and desktop. Available from the App Store and Google Play. Tubi: Stream movies and TV online for free with ads. Tubi has a very diverse selection of movies from many genres, including horror, cult classics, Bollywood, foreign language, independent films, and much more. Available online at tubitv.com, or from the App Store and Google Play. Cash App: Send and receive money quickly and easily. The Cash App connects to your bank account, and allows you to wirelessly send and receive small amounts of cash directly from your smart phone. Available from the App Store and Google Play. Facts at Your Fingertips Horses were first domesticated around 4000 BC on the steppes north of the Black Sea. The evidence is bit with tooth-marks and horse teeth with bit-marks…A knife dating from around 2000 BC, found on the Upper Ob River, show a man holding a tethered horse. FROM: Empire of Horses: The First Nomadic Civilization and the Making of China, by John Man, p. 11, (CB481.M36 2020) In the spring of 1873, William H. Shell and James Stuart Dales became the first graduates of the University of Nebraska. Since then, Nebraska has conferred degrees on nearly 290,000 proud Husker students. FROM: Dear Old Nebraska U: Celebrating 150 Years. p. 177, (LD3668.U65 2019) Mickey Mouse was introduced to the world as an aviator in Plane Crazy, which hoped to capitalize on Charles Lindbergh’s recent transatlantic flight, followed by some southwestern scuffling called The Gallopin’ Gaucho. Both were initially filmed without sound and Disney was dissatisfied…For his third Mickey short, Disney hired an orchestra and an arranger to produce Steamboat Willie, the first sound cartoon. FROM: Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park that Changed t h e W o r l d, p. 21, (GV1853.3.C22 S66 2019) Within a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second after the big bang, energy itself underwent a phase change. It split into four very different species. Today, we know them as gravity, the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces. FROM: Origin Story: A Big History of Everything, p. 23, (CB19.C478 2018) The 2016 presidential election became the first in our history to be negotiated by internet trolls-people who intentionally stir controversy and start arguments on social media to manipulate public opinion or create chaos. FROM: Troll Factories: Russia's Web Brigades (2018), p.7. ProQuest Ebook Central Database
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